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### Command Mode Keyboard Functions

The following list shows the various keyboard functions available within the Edit window's Command Mode.

- Alt + F3
  Displays the Search dialog box.

- Shift + Tab or Ctrl + Left Arrow
  Moves the cursor backward to the last editable field.

- Ctrl
  Hold Ctlr and click on a feature in the Graphic Display window to move the cursor to the corresponding feature line in the Edit window. Hold Ctrl and double-click on a feature to select the entire feature.

- Ctrl + A
  Selects and highlights all the text in the Edit window.

- Ctrl + C
  Copies text or objects to the Clipboard. If you highlight text from a single field, that text is copied to the Clipboard. If more than one field is highlighted, then the entire object is copied to the Clipboard.

- Ctrl + E
  Executes selected features (or the feature with the cursor).

- Ctrl + End
  Moves the cursor to the end of the measurement routine.

- Ctrl + Tab
  Minimizes or restores the Edit window.

- Ctrl + Home
  Moves the cursor to the beginning of the measurement routine.

- Ctrl + Page Down
  Moves the cursor to the end of the file.

- Ctrl + Page Up
  Moves the cursor to the beginning of the file.

- Ctrl + Q
  Displays the Execution dialog box so you can execute the measurement routine.

- Ctrl + T
  Assigns the current command to the selected active arm.

- Ctrl + V
  Pastes the Clipboard's contents at the insertion point. If you only copied text, this attempts to paste the text. If you copied an entire object to the Clipboard, this attempts to paste the entire object. In the latter case, if the insertion point is in the first column of the Edit window on the first line of a command, the Clipboard object is placed before this object. In all other cases, the insertion is after the object.

- Ctrl + X
  Cuts any highlighted characters.

- Ctrl + Y
  Displays the Execution dialog box and resumes a paused execution.

- Delete or Backspace
  Deletes any highlighted characters. If nothing is highlighted, then both keystrokes function as in a normal editor.

- Double-click
  Highlights the editable field that the cursor is on.

- Down Arrow
  Moves the cursor down one line.

- F1
  Displays the Help topic for the command.

- F2
  Inserts an expression.

- F3
  Marks a single feature for execution. Multiple features can be marked simultaneously by highlighting them before selecting this command.

- F4
  Prints the entire contents of the Edit window.

- F5
  Displays the Setup Options dialog box.

- F6
  Displays the Change all the fonts dialog box.

- F7
  If the cursor is placed in a toggle field, this key switches the entry in the field forward to the next entry in the alphabetical list of allowed entries. If the end of allowed entries is reached, it cycles to the beginning of the list.

- F8
  If the cursor is placed in a toggle field, this key switches the entry in the field backward to the previous entry in the alphabetical list of allowed entries. If the beginning of allowed entries is reached, it cycles to the end of the list.

- F9
  Opens the dialog box for the command on which the cursor is residing when the you press this key.

- F10
  Displays the Parameter Settings dialog box.

- F12
  Displays the Fixture Setup dialog box.

- Left Arrow
  Moves the cursor left one character.

- Page Down
  Moves the cursor down one page.

- Page Up
  Moves the cursor up one page.

- Right Arrow
  Moves the cursor right one character.

- Shift
  If you hold Shift and an arrow key is pressed, the text is highlighted as the cursor moves. Holding Shift and double-clicking on a start block or end block selects the entire command block.

- Shift + F10
  Displays the Jump To dialog box.

- Tab + Ctrl + Right Arrow
  Moves the cursor forward to the next editable field.

- Up Arrow
  Moves the cursor up one line.

- - (minus key) or Alt + -
  Removes the last hit from the hit buffer.

- End
  Inserts the measured feature into the measurement routine.